Late Pleistocene fluvial sedimentary facies, the Dhadhar River basin, Western India

Quaternary International

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-101

  Raj, Rachna ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PALEOCHANNEL; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; NARMADA BASIN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33751187132     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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